PointClickCare on Tuesday announced a new infection prevention and control solution designed to provide ongoing, centralized resident surveillance at the facility and enterprise level. Clinical teams, ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released the Guide to Infection Prevention for Outpatient Settings: Minimum Expectations for Safe Care. Melissa Schaefer, MD, medical officer in ...

10 things to know about infection prevention, control in children’s hospitals Evidence-based infection control strategies that focus specifically on pediatric hospitals are needed to standardize ...

Produced by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), this digitally colorized scanning electron microscopic (SEM) image, depicts a grouping of red-colored, rod shaped, ...

APT-Sepsis programme cuts maternal death and severe infection risk through better prevention, detection, and treatment.

Researchers conducted a multicountry, cluster-randomized study to evaluate the impact of the APT-Sepsis program on maternal outcomes.

Scientists have recently released guidance for prevention and management of COVID-19 among elderly in long term care facilities. The article outlines the objective of WHO interim guidance on Infection ...

The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology introduced its first model for infection preventionist competency. The model, which appears in the American Journal of Infection ...

U.S. intensive care units show various levels of adherence to evidence-based infection prevention regulations, according to an article in the American Journal of Infection Control. Researchers at New ...

The “no healthcare facility is an island” effect is growing concern for acute and sub-acute infection prevention programs. 1 Between an estimated one and three million serious infections occur in long ...

Kwang-Seok Kang, a current Online Master of Science (MS) in Infection Prevention and Control student at the Drexel Dornsife School of Public Health, has hit the ground running in his career. As the ...

Self-care, structured exercise, and reliable medication adherence help stabilize systemic lupus erythematosus and reduce long ...